Mitchell Aerospace Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Aerospace Education is defined as: - CORRECT ANSWER - That branch of general
education concerned with communicating knowledge, skills and attitudes about aerospace
activities and the total impact of air and space vehicles upon society.
CAP's authority to teach aerospace comes from public law 476 signed on... - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1 July, 1946
Who is the worlds leader in aerospace? - CORRECT ANSWER - USA
What is an Aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER - Any type of machine that is capable of
flying through the air.
How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes kept aloft? - CORRECT ANSWER - By the
aerodynamic forces on it's wings.
How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes propelled? - CORRECT ANSWER - By
propeller or other means, such as jet or rocket.
The word aerospace is a combination of: - CORRECT ANSWER - aeronautics and space
Which gas makes up the greatest amount of the atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 19% Oxygen and 2% other gases
3 terms that describe speed in relation to sound: - CORRECT ANSWER - Supersonic,
Subsonic and Trans-sonic
,What is an airfoil? - CORRECT ANSWER - Component, such as a wing, that is
specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional stability.
Define Drag. - CORRECT ANSWER - A force which retards the movement of an aircraft
in flight.
Forces in motion are... - CORRECT ANSWER - Dynamic
Can an airplane fly in no wind? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
When an airplane moves on the run way it creates its own wind, known as... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Relative wind
The line between the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil... - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Chord
The myth of Daedulus and Icarus contains a key error, which is... - CORRECT
ANSWER - As Icarus flew higher the air would have gotten cooler.
What happened November 21, 1783? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pilatre d'Rozier and
Francois d'Arlandes made a historic 25-minute flight over Paris.
What was observed by Marco Polo in 1299 A.D. - CORRECT ANSWER - Chinese men
attached to kites being used as military observers.
The bird as been described as... - CORRECT ANSWER - a living flying machine.
The hot air balloon was invented by... - CORRECT ANSWER - Joseph and Etienne
Montgolfier
, The process of learning new words can be described two ways... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Learning a new language/vocabulary
A birds feathers are similar to what on a plane? - CORRECT ANSWER - The propeller
What control surfaces do birds have? - CORRECT ANSWER - Their wing and tail
feathers.
The way a bird flaps its wings is an example of which of Newton's Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The 3rd Law of Motion
What are the two types of lift? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bernoulli: Like an airplane's
wing, there is a pressure difference between the upper and lower areas of a bird's wing. This
creates a form of "Bernoullian lift"
Newton: Also, when the bird changes its body
angle slightly upward to its flight path,
Newton's Third Law of Motion takes effect
and this is an example of dynamic lift or
"Newtonian lift."
Bernoulli's law states... - CORRECT ANSWER - As fluid and/or air is accelerated, the
pressure drops.
A curvature on the upper side of a wing is known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER - Camber
What two natural forces are acting upon an aircraft in flight? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drag and Gravity
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Aerospace Education is defined as: - CORRECT ANSWER - That branch of general
education concerned with communicating knowledge, skills and attitudes about aerospace
activities and the total impact of air and space vehicles upon society.
CAP's authority to teach aerospace comes from public law 476 signed on... - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1 July, 1946
Who is the worlds leader in aerospace? - CORRECT ANSWER - USA
What is an Aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER - Any type of machine that is capable of
flying through the air.
How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes kept aloft? - CORRECT ANSWER - By the
aerodynamic forces on it's wings.
How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes propelled? - CORRECT ANSWER - By
propeller or other means, such as jet or rocket.
The word aerospace is a combination of: - CORRECT ANSWER - aeronautics and space
Which gas makes up the greatest amount of the atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 19% Oxygen and 2% other gases
3 terms that describe speed in relation to sound: - CORRECT ANSWER - Supersonic,
Subsonic and Trans-sonic
,What is an airfoil? - CORRECT ANSWER - Component, such as a wing, that is
specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional stability.
Define Drag. - CORRECT ANSWER - A force which retards the movement of an aircraft
in flight.
Forces in motion are... - CORRECT ANSWER - Dynamic
Can an airplane fly in no wind? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
When an airplane moves on the run way it creates its own wind, known as... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Relative wind
The line between the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil... - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Chord
The myth of Daedulus and Icarus contains a key error, which is... - CORRECT
ANSWER - As Icarus flew higher the air would have gotten cooler.
What happened November 21, 1783? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pilatre d'Rozier and
Francois d'Arlandes made a historic 25-minute flight over Paris.
What was observed by Marco Polo in 1299 A.D. - CORRECT ANSWER - Chinese men
attached to kites being used as military observers.
The bird as been described as... - CORRECT ANSWER - a living flying machine.
The hot air balloon was invented by... - CORRECT ANSWER - Joseph and Etienne
Montgolfier
, The process of learning new words can be described two ways... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Learning a new language/vocabulary
A birds feathers are similar to what on a plane? - CORRECT ANSWER - The propeller
What control surfaces do birds have? - CORRECT ANSWER - Their wing and tail
feathers.
The way a bird flaps its wings is an example of which of Newton's Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The 3rd Law of Motion
What are the two types of lift? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bernoulli: Like an airplane's
wing, there is a pressure difference between the upper and lower areas of a bird's wing. This
creates a form of "Bernoullian lift"
Newton: Also, when the bird changes its body
angle slightly upward to its flight path,
Newton's Third Law of Motion takes effect
and this is an example of dynamic lift or
"Newtonian lift."
Bernoulli's law states... - CORRECT ANSWER - As fluid and/or air is accelerated, the
pressure drops.
A curvature on the upper side of a wing is known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER - Camber
What two natural forces are acting upon an aircraft in flight? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drag and Gravity
